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Gorilla Trails

Trip type: 
Wildlife
Adventure level: 
4. Demanding
Max group size: 
12
Avg user rating: 
5
Africa, Uganda | 12 days
Trip code: 
UL
What's included: 

Transport - 4WD, boat, on foot.

Accommodation - Hotel/lodge (4nts), tented camp (5nts).

Meals - 9 breakfasts, 8 lunches & 7 dinners.

All gorilla permits are included in the price.

Trip Highlights: 
Come face to face with mountain gorillas in Bwindi
Observe hippos on a Kazinga Channel cruise
Track chimps on foot through Kibale National Park
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Trip Overview: 

There are many memorable wildlife experiences awaiting you on this trip. Track chimps in Kibale Forest and enjoy game drives in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Watch wildlife from the comfort of a boat on the Kazinga Channel - a laid back and atmospheric safari experience. Encountering Uganda's mountain gorillas up close is an unforgettable moment and a real highlight of this trip.

We include the gorilla permit in the tour price.

Trip Highlights: 
Come face to face with mountain gorillas in Bwindi
Observe hippos on a Kazinga Channel cruise
Track chimps on foot through Kibale National Park
see full itinerary >>
What's included: 

Transport - 4WD, boat, on foot.

Accommodation - Hotel/lodge (4nts), tented camp (5nts).

Meals - 9 breakfasts, 8 lunches & 7 dinners.

All gorilla permits are included in the price.

Mountain gorillas

Get up close to the endangered mountain gorillas as you spend time observing one of the families resident in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest - you might even meet a great silverback! Gorillas, the largest apes in the world, originally inhabited the entire rainforest stretching from the equatorial Atlantic coast to the present-day Ugandan border. Over time the climate dried, the forests receded into pockets and the gorillas became split into three sub-species. The mountain gorillas, found only in two small areas are by far the rarest – there is one mountain gorilla for every ten million people on earth.

Chimp tracking

Go primate tracking in Kibale Forest, searching for chimpanzee and red colobus monkeys in the thick mountainous forest, Uganda is one of the world’s foremost places to see chimpanzee and Kibale Forest is about as good as it gets; the national park supports the highest number of primates in Uganda and one of the highest densities in the world. 

Kazinga Channel cruise

Go on a boat safari in the Kazinga Channel between Lake George and Lake Edward, here you can observe hundreds of hippos from the relative safety of your boat. Elephant, buffalo and waterbuck are also commonly seen at the water’s edge, and occasionally big cats. It is a great place for birdlife - particularly pelicans, storks, cormorants, fish eagles and brightly coloured kingfishers - attracted by the large numbers of fish in the shallow channel. 

Our Gorilla Trails trip is just one of our many Africa tours. To find out more visit our Africa holidays page.